Sources: the EU is set to launch an in-depth probe into Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal after Microsoft opted not to file remedies to antitrust enforcers (Samuel Stolton/Politico) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Elon Musk has pulled more than 50 of his trusted Tesla employees, mostly software engineers from the Autopilot team, to help at Twitter (Lora Kolodny/CNBC) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Elon Musk told Twitter engineers to work on a Vine reboot that may be ready by the end of 2022; Twitter acquired Vine in 2012 and shut it down in 2016 (Axios) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

Debunking five myths that may be sinking Meta's stock, including claims of Facebook users deserting, Instagram engagement falling, and TikTok dominating (Ben Thompson/Stratechery) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 11:41 Rating: 5

CoinGecko: normalized exchange volume for Crypto.com has dropped 91% over the past year, 90% for Huobi, 77% for FTX, 75% for Coinbase, and 57% for Binance (Stacy Elliott/Decrypt) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 22:41 Rating: 5

Sources: US-based self-driving trucking company TuSimple faces US federal probes into whether it improperly financed and transferred tech to a Chinese startup (Wall Street Journal) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 21:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Twitter plans to change Twitter Blue into a $19.99 subscription that verifies users; staff are told they will be fired if they don't build it by Nov. 7 (Alex Heath/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5

Interview with Gerard de Graaf, director of a new EU office in San Francisco, on the DMA taking force on November 1 and its likely impact on tech companies (Khari Johnson/Wired) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Twitter is strongly considering making verified users subscribe to Twitter Blue at $4.99 a month or lose their badges (Casey Newton/Platformer) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Musk ordered Twitter homepage to be changed to show the Explore page to logged out users, not a sign-up form, which was quietly implemented on Friday (Alex Heath/The Verge) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5